Re: [PATCH 2/2] filter-branch.sh: support nearly proper tag name filtering

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Hi,

On Mon, 24 Mar 2008, Brandon Casey wrote:

> Johannes Schindelin wrote:
> 
> > On Mon, 24 Mar 2008, Brandon Casey wrote:
> > 
> >> So right now, tags matching the refspec are rewritten. They are 
> >> currently rewritten with a lightweight tag.
> > 
> > That is unintended.  My understanding of a tag was always that it is 
> > something immutable.  I mean, _really_ immutable.  If you released a 
> > certain version, then that is tagged.  You must not rewrite the tag.  
> > Ever.
> 
> Then what is the intended behavior for --tag-name-filter?

To be honest, I wanted to rip that part out before posting the initial 
filter-branch patches, and forgot/was too lazy.

IMO there should be clean semantics first, and a default mode that does 
_not_ rewrite tags at all first.

Maybe something as in fast-export.

Ciao,
Dscho

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